Things for free by AugustSnow

made by AugustSnow for LD29 (COMPO)

A short visual novel with an unusual control scheme.
It has two plotlines - one overt and one Beneath the Surface...
I hope you enjoy!

Notes:

- Controls:
1.Click on letters to select them, select a whole word to continue.
2.MOUSE LEFT also skips text spooling
3.Press H for a hint.

- For raters: Endings 1-4 are pretty similar so don't worry if you don't see them all. If you saw one of them and one of 6-7 you saw most of the content.

Web (HTML5, Firefox/Chrome)	http://frozensummer.uni.me
Windows	http://frozensummer.uni.me/files/things_for_free.zip
Source	http://frozensummer.uni.me/files/things_for_free_src.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=34181

Ratings

Coolness	98%	2
Overall	2.67	1036

Audio	2.11	861
Fun	2.35	1081
Graphics	2.06	1175
Humor	2.47	523
Innovation	3.37	354
Mood	2.71	801
Theme	2.06	1191

Feedback

Caridorc

28. Apr 2014 · 11:05 UTC

I like this game, the story is intense (I love pizza).

Zolkren

28. Apr 2014 · 13:21 UTC

Cool and nice game.

Tanner

28. Apr 2014 · 14:04 UTC

Story was nice. Keep it up! Next LD will be better :)

fullmontis

28. Apr 2014 · 20:34 UTC

Now I want some pizza. The gameplay itself is original but not very fun to be honest, I found clicking on each letter a little tedious... Story was funny.

🎤 AugustSnow

28. Apr 2014 · 21:30 UTC

@fullmontis yep, I thought of some ways to make selecting words easier without lowering the difficulty (mainly - dragging a line across the whole word) but didn't have time to implement.

DarkMeatGames

29. Apr 2014 · 17:42 UTC

Nice story, but gameplay was lacking. Might have been better as a simple choose your own adventure type game, as it is, I'm just clicking on highlighted letters.

Xaychru04

29. Apr 2014 · 20:06 UTC

Pretty original entry, I liked being able to make choices, there was not a lot of gameplay elements, but it was cool to see where my choices leaded. Nice game! :)

Nicoll Hunt

29. Apr 2014 · 21:30 UTC

I liked it. And now I want pizza.

pancakecity

30. Apr 2014 · 17:58 UTC

Great game, enjoyed playing a different mechanic than usual.

nimblegorilla

01. May 2014 · 01:25 UTC

Hmmm, tried to pay and didn't get any pizza!

AnnaGavaldaKedavra

01. May 2014 · 05:03 UTC

Good idea. Too short maybe.

gettothechapel

01. May 2014 · 12:38 UTC

i like that you took a different approach to the theme.

gre

01. May 2014 · 18:26 UTC

Nice story. The game is original.
I'm not sure to get the take on the theme.

Skipi

01. May 2014 · 19:41 UTC

I liked the story. Now I'm hungry for pizza DX

f7f5

02. May 2014 · 11:36 UTC

I like the original approach to gameplay and making choices, it's just a bit tedious to click letter by letter. Maybe easier word selection mode could be tried. I'm glad for the hints: I needed it to find endings 6-7.

Nice work!

xgeovanni

03. May 2014 · 11:35 UTC

I got endings 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7. I did end up having to resort to hints.

Belvar

05. May 2014 · 20:23 UTC

I didn't found all the endings, after a moment my eyes were seeing letters everywhere and I felt confused ^^
Cool concept anyway, it should be more interesting with a story a bit more epic :p

Jupiter_Hadley

10. May 2014 · 17:59 UTC

Interesting game, I enjoyed it. I included it in part 19 of my Ludum Dare Compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/KGS8tZwHKag